Tjeka Training Matters’ construction training programmes are equipping members of poor communities with the skills that they need to pursue vibrant careers in the construction industry. This while also playing our part in developing a robust talent pipeline that is essential for our industry now and in the future. Many young and enterprising individuals from these areas have completed Tjeka Training Matters’ quality short courses, skills paths or learnerships, sponsored by leading client bodies. The…

Christina Klaas, a Tjeka Training Matters professional training facilitator. Christina Klaas, a Tjeka Training Matters professional training facilitator, is the proud winner of the Women Mentor of the Year Award, a category in the Construction Industry Development Boards’ prestigious Empowerment and Recognition of Women in Construction (ERWIC) Awards. Now in its fifth year, the ERWIC awards celebrate the exceptional contributions of women in the South African construction industry. As a seasoned built environment professional and…

The improvement of a 27,5km portion of Section 2 of the R510 from Bierspruit to Thabazimbi created hundreds of new construction jobs when the project peaked. This is in addition to the many local small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) who have been appointed to work alongside and received quality training in various road construction trades from principal contractor, Raubex. Tjeka Training Matters was again appointed by this leading infrastructure development group to train construction…

45-year-old Allistar Salie is the first candidate to benefit from the Tirisano Construction Fund’s Construction Occupations Development Programme (CODP). Tirisano Construction Fund funded Salie’s participation in Tjeka Training Matters’ Carpentry Artisan Recognition of Prior Learning (ARPL) programme so that he could qualify as a carpenter. This has long been one of Salie’s life goals. However, he simply could not afford the costs associated with learning for an apprenticeship. There were always more pressing priorities for…

Occupational health and safety (OH&S) are a major focus of all Tjeka Training Matters’ construction training courses. Individuals who have completed the company’s various training programmes are able to perform their respective tasks correctly, which includes in a healthy and safe manner. A case in point are the 11 employees who are completing a plumbing Artisan Recognition of Prior Learning (ARPL) programme at Tjeka Training Matters’ state-of-the-art training and trade test facility in Randfontein. When…

Tjeka Training Matters is working closely with the Institute of Plumbing South Africa (IOPSA) to help to ensure that plumbing workmanship complies with the protocols and standards that regulate this industry. Notably, Tjeka Training Matters is an IOPSA-approved private technical vocational education and training college, considering the very high quality of its plumbing training. All plumbers need to have a thorough understanding of the compulsory South African National Standards (SANS) Codes of Practice; Building Regulations;…

The training that Central Development Projects’ (CDP) many bricklayers, plasterers and tilers are receiving from Tjeka Training Matters will significantly raise the contractor’s already-high standard of workmanship. Moreover, this training supports CDP’s core values of uplifting people and improving lives across its entire operational footprint, including employees, sub-contractors and clients. The contractor sources as much as 50% of all its labour for its construction projects from the areas surrounding its projects. By participating in CDP’s…

ACS/Tjeka JV is helping a leading roads agency to develop the entrepreneurial skills of many emerging contractors. This knowledge will enable more construction small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) to better be prepared to submit tenders in the road agency’s and other institutions’ future construction projects. The South African National Roads Agency Limited is playing a central role in the transformation of the South African road construction industry. This while also addressing unemployment, inequality and…

Tjeka Training Matters continues to proactively respond to the skills demands of the construction industry. This remains one of the leading private Technical Vocational and Education and Training (TVET) college’s key differentiators. A case in point is the company’s ongoing collaboration with manufacturers and suppliers of quality equipment and materials to expose learners to the latest technology during their training. Tjeka Training Maters recently also partnered Magneto Thermals and EMS Holdings, a local manufacturer of…

Tjeka Training Matters continues to build on a long professional relationship with leading road construction companies. Among these civil-engineering contractors is Hillary Construction which relies on Tjeka Training Matters to equip its employees with the skills that they need to work in a more productive, efficient and accurate, as well as safer manner. Hillary Construction recently enrolled a group of candidates at Tjeka Training Matters to complete a one-year Construction Roadworker National Qualifications Framework 3…